Improved sausage-filler



' No. 43,131. iPATENTED JUNE 14, 1864 'J. G; PERRY.

SAUSAGE FILLER UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

JOHN G. PERRY, or SOUTH KINGSTON, nnonn ISLAND.

IMPROVED SAUSAGE-FILLER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l3J3I, dated June H, 186;

To all whom it may concern: 5 than that attached to the piston-head ll. The Be it known that 1, JOHN G. PERRY, of advantage of this arrangement consists in se- Soulh. Kingston, in the county of Washingcuring the pistonhead in proper position ton, in the State of lthode Island, have inf through all its motion. vented a new and useful Improvement in Ma- The black dotted lines in Fig. 2 show how chines for Filling Sausages; and I do hereby thepiston-head is tipped over out of the way declare that the following is a full and corwhen the lever S is raised, so as to allow the root description thereof, reference being had cylinder to, be filled with the meat convento the accompanying drawings, forming-part iently, and when the head is half-way down of this specification, and to the letters of refit stands square across the cylinder; but as erence marked thereon. it approaches the bottom it closes the back In these drawings, Figure'lis a perspective part of the cavity in the cylinder first and view ofthe machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical'crossi; forces the meat to move toward the aperture section. 1 e. V This lessens the labor of forcing the meat That others may understand and be eni out into the cases very much, as it is of such abled to construct myimproved sausage-filler consistency, when prepared for filling, that it I will describe it. cannot be readily moved about like a'fluid.

A is an upright cylinder, (it may be made The mode of operation is 'as follows: The of other shapes than round it'desired,) having two cars, a a-,.on one side of the top, between I c and the lever s raised, as seen in the black which is hung the lever S, which moves on a dotted lines, Fig. 2, the cylinderA is to be pin, or, running through them. The bottom filled with the prepared meat, \vhen,by bring- O of the cylinder is placed atm in an ining down the lever, the meat is forced out clined position slanting down from the back j through the nozzle into the cases upon it. of the cylinder toward the bottom of the dis- 5 Having thus described my improved filler, charging-aperture z. This is for the purpose what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters of facilitating the discharge of the meat and Patent, isto insure, in connection with a peculiar ar The combination of the nozzle and cylinder rangment of the piston and its rod, the com with the piston head and rod, all being conplete discharge of all the meat in the cylinstructed andarranged substantially as hereinder. The piston-head B has a part, 0, ol' the described, and for the purpose set forth, rod that moves it secured to it firmly while 1 r the other part 0 of the rod is fastened to the H PERRY lever s in like manner, the two parts being Witnesses:

connected together by a joint at b. The part WM. D. ARNOLD, of the rod on. the lever S is made a little longer BENJAMIN ARNOLD.

cases to be filled being placed upon the nozzle 7 

